Fastener for garment-supporters.



No. 673,927. Patented May I4, 1901. A. w. SCHNEIDER.

FASTENER FOR GARMENT SUPPORTERS.

(Application filed July 14 1900.) (No Model.)

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UNTTn STATES PATET FFICE.

ARTHUR WILHELM SCHNEIDER, OF COLUMIEUS, OHIO.

lFASTEN ER FOR GARMENT-SUPPORTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,927, dated May 14, 1901.

Application filed July 14, 1900.

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR WILHELM SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Fastener for Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garment-supporters; and it has for its object to produce a device of this kind which can be quickly and firmly secured in position and which will be effective and easy of manipulation in attaching garments thereto; and it consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement of parts of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in each of the views in which they occur, Figure l is a perspective view of one form of my improved supporter. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear View of a portion of the supporter, showing another means for securing it in position. Fig. at is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 5 is a broken perspective view of a different form of eye for the spring-lock. Fig. 6 is atop plan view of a different form of slide and button, the button being shown in dotted lines; and Fig. 7 shows one form of connector for securing the retaining-strip in position.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates a base-plate, which may be of any desired form or outline, although I prefer to make it substantially heart-shaped. At the upper end of the base an extension 2 ,is formed or secured, which is preferably grooved orribbed transversely and provided with laterally-extending lips or projections 3. A correspondingly grooved or ribbed plate 4: is adapted to be secured above the extension by means of the lips or projections, which are bent up over the same,as shown in Fig. 1. The ribs of the plate or extension, or of both, may be provided with triangular points or tongues 5,which are adapted to enter the strip of material 6, which is clamped between the plate and the extension for attaching the supporter to any desired portion of the garment. This strip of material is preferably formed from a suit able piece of elastic webbing, which can thus erial No. 23,656. (No model.)

be firmly secured to the supporter without glue or cement of any kind by simply placing it between the plate and extension and forcing the plate toward the extension and securing it in that position by bending up the lips upon the edges of the extension and lapping them over the top of the plate.

Instead of securing the supporter to the retaining-strip in this mannerthe extension can be formed or made in the form of a loop or box 7, the rear wall of which is slotted transversely, as shown at 8, and the upper portion is bent so as to have its free edge turned in under the bottom plate and secured thereto by any suitable means, as solder. In this form of connection the retaining strip is passed through the slots in the bottom, so as to cause it to alternately pass over theportions of the plate between the slotsupon the inside or outside of the loop, with its free end preferably passed up within the loop adjacent to the top.

The base is provided with a central stud or button 10, which may be of any desired outline-as, for instance, round or rectangular, and the rectangular form may have its ends plain or slightly curved or recessed upon its edge, as shown at 11 in Fig. 6. Pivotallyse cured near the upper end of the base are two slides 12 and 13, the opposite ends of which are notched or recessed, as shown at 14, directly opposite the stud or button. The pivotal end of each slide is slightly bent, so as to permit of the end resting flat against the base and having the intermediate portion stand at a sufficient distance from the base to permit of the material that is looped over the button to lie between the slide and the plate.

The free end of one of the slides is provided with a loop 15, the top wall of which is provided with an inwardly-extending tongue or lug 16. The free end of the otherslide is provided with an extension 17, which is doubled upon itself to form a spring-catch 18, which is provided with depressions or openings 19 for the reception of the tongue or lug 16 when the extension is passed through the loop, the extension being preferably slightly curved for moving through the loop without engaging with the sides thereof. The tip of the catch is preferably curved slightly upward to afford a better means for the finger of the op with the catch upon the extension.

erator to engage therewith in releasing the catch from its engagement with the tongue.

Instead of forming a loop, as shown in Fig. 1, the edge of the slide can be bent up, as shown at 20, at right angles and provided with a substantially E,-shaped opening 21 to form an inwardly-projecting ing 22 for engaging Instead of having the inner edges of the slides plain, as shown in Fig. 1, they may be serrated or provided with teeth 23, as shown in Fig. 6, the serrations of the two sides being adapted to intermesh with each other. The end of the retaining-strip may be secured to the garment in any desired manner to adapt it for the purpose for which it is intended. In .Fig. 7 I have shown a plate 24, which is preferably slightly curved transversely and provided with a slot 25, by means of which it may be secured to a button or stud, as upon the lower edge of the corset, and with. slots 26, through which the ends of the strip may be passed and secured by frictional engagement therewith. When secured in this manner, the supporter or clasp at the opposite end of the retainingstrip may be secured to any other portion of the garment to hold it in position in the usual manner.

In using my improved garment-supporter the slides or jaws are separated and swung upon their pivots away from the button upon the base-plate a sufficient distance for placing the garment over the button. The jaws or slides are then forced together, when the catch will enter the box and engage with the tongue and lock the jaws in their closed position. In this manner the garment will be securely held upon the base Without the possibility of its slipping off and without any damage to even the finest texture. The retaining-strip, which has been secured to the extension, is then fastened in position, or the retaining-strip may be first secured in position and the garments subsequently secured to the supporter. When it is desired to release the supporter from the garment, the free end of the catch is forced down toward the extension until the slotted or recessed portion is disengaged from the tongue in the box, when the slides can be separated and the garment removed from the button.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a garment-supporter, the combination, with a plate provided with a button, of an extension at the upper end thereof provided with means for securing a retainingstrip thereto, jaws pivotally secured upon opposite sides of the button and provided with means for locking their free ends together, substantially as described.

2. In a garment-supporter, the combination, with a plate provided with a button, of a transversely-ribbed extension at the upper end of the plate, a transversely-ribbed plate, lips upon the extension for engaging with the plate, a jaw pivotally secured upon each side of the button, the free ends of which are provided with means for locking them together, substantially as described.

3. In a garment-supporter, the combination, with a plate provided with a button, of a transversely-ribbed extension at the upper end of the plate, the ribs of which are provided with triangular tongues and the edges with laterally-extending lips, a transverselyribbed plate provided with triangular tongues and adapted to be held in position by said lips, and a jaw pivotally secured upon each side of the button, the free ends of the jaws being provided with means for locking them together, substantially as described.

4. In a garment-supporter, the combina tion, with a plate provided with means for securing it in position and with a button, of a jaw pivotally secured upon each side of the button, the free end of one of which is provided with a tongue and the other one is provided with a spring-catch for engaging there' with, said catch being provided with a series of depressions or perforations for the reception of the tongue, substantially as described.

5. In a garment-supporter, the combination, with a plate provided with means for securing it in position and with a button, of a jaw pivotally secured upon each side of the button, the free end of one of which is provided with a loop, the top wall of the loop being provided with an inwardly-projecting tongue, and an extension upon the free end of the other jaw, said extension being doubled upon itself and having the spring portion perforated for the reception of the tongue in the box, substantially as described.

6. In a garment-supporter, the combination, with a plate provided with means for securing it in position and with a button, of a jaw pivotally secured upon each side of the button, the free ends of which are adapted to be detachably secured together, and the adjacent edges of said jaws are serrated or provided with intermeshing teeth, substantially as described.

ARTHUR WILl-lELM SCHNEIDER. Witnesses:

F. A. SIEGEL, F. SIEGEL. 

